Economic Issues




TUC welcomes Pensions Minister's move on pensions charges

Responding to the announcement today (Friday) by Pensions Minister Steve Webb that he is to ban consultancy charging and consult on a cap on charges within pensions used for auto-enrolment, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

10 May 2013
Rap for Iain Duncan Smith on benefit cap figures from stats watchdog

The UK Statistics Authority has today (Thursday) backed the TUC's complaint that Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith was wrong to say that official statistics backed his claim that the benefits cap had caused 8,000 people to move into jobs.

9 May 2013
Benefit fraud just 0.7 per cent of welfare budget, official figures show

Commenting on figures published today (Thursday) by the Department for Work and Pensions, which show that benefit fraud accounts for just 0.7 per cent of the welfare budget, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

9 May 2013
Today's Queen's Speech should've been about the economy, says TUC

Commenting on the Queen's Speech today (Wednesday), TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

8 May 2013
UK 24th out of 33 in global race for economic growth

The UK is experiencing a slower economic recovery than 23 of the 33 advanced economies monitored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to new analysis published by the TUC today (Wednesday).

8 May 2013
Warning Signs

The warning signs have been there for some time. Last month one poll showed that the general public has lost confidence in politics providing solutions to the failing economy. More recently opinion polling showed antipathy to all things Europe, ampli...

7 May 2013



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